diff --git a/test/test_dtype.py b/test/test_dtype.py
index 760079d352..9440dab49b 100644
--- a/test/test_dtype.py
+++ b/test/test_dtype.py
@@ -137,6 +137,20 @@ class TestBFloat16(unittest.TestCase):
     assert tnp.dtype == np.float32
     np.testing.assert_allclose(tnp, np.array(data))
 
+  @unittest.expectedFailure
+  def test_bf16_ones(self):
+    # TODO: fix this with correct bfloat16 cast
+    t = Tensor.ones(3, 5, dtype=dtypes.bfloat16)
+    assert t.dtype == dtypes.bfloat16
+    np.testing.assert_allclose(t.numpy(), np.ones((3, 5)))
+
+  @unittest.expectedFailure
+  def test_bf16_eye(self):
+    # TODO: fix this with correct bfloat16 cast
+    t = Tensor.eye(3, dtype=dtypes.bfloat16)
+    assert t.dtype == dtypes.bfloat16
+    np.testing.assert_allclose(t.numpy(), np.eye(3))
+
 @unittest.skipUnless(Device.DEFAULT in ["LLVM", "HIP"], "bfloat16 not supported")
 class TestBFloat16DType(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_bf16_to_float(self):